Bug 1475072 (CVE-2017-5361) - CVE-2017-5361 rt: timing side-channel attack in secrets constant-time comparison algorithm
Summary: CVE-2017-5361 rt: timing side-channel attack in secrets constant-time compari...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-5361
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1475084
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-26 01:14 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:18:05 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-26 01:14:02 UTC 
It was discovered that RT::Authen::ExternalAuth, an external authentication module for Request Tracker, is vulnerable to timing side-channel attacks for user passwords. Only ExternalAuth in DBI (database) mode is vulnerable.

Upstream patch:

https://forum.bestpractical.com/t/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt-2017-06-15/32016

References:

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3882
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3883
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-07-26 01:36:41 UTC 
Created rt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475084]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:18:05 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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